From 1953 to 1969, James Day served as the president and general manager of KQED (San Francisco, CA). For fourteen years, he hosted his own weekly program, Kaleidoscope, on which he interviewed many notable people including Eleanor Roosevelt, Robert Kennedy, and Buster Keaton. In 1969, Day became president of National Educational Television (NET). When NET merged with New York's public television channel, WNDT, in 1970 to become WNET/Channel 13, Day became the president of the merged organizations. In 1973, Day resigned as president of WNET due to his dissatisfaction with public television and the growing importance of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). He founded his own production company, Publivision, Inc., which produced and syndicated to public stations all over the world a night interview program, Day At Night. The collection documents Day's career at KQED, NET, WNET, and as an independent consultant in the field of public television. A great deal of the collection consists of Day's research for his 1995 history of public television, The Vanishing Vision: The Inside Story of Public Television.

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Preferred citation:

James Day Papers, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries.

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Historical Note

James Day was born on December 22, 1918, in Alameda, California. He earned an AB in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1941, and a postgraduate degree from Stanford University in 1951.

After serving as a Captain in the Army during World War Two, Day worked as the director of Public Affairs and Education for NBC, San Francisco from 1946 to 1949. He spent 1949 to 1951 in Tokyo, Japan, as a civilian radio specialist with the Army of Occupation. He then took a job as Deputy Director of Radio Free Asia from 1951 to 1953.

Immediately after leaving Radio Free Asia, Day received a phone call from the assistant to the president of Stanford University asking if he would be interested in applying for a job that was being developed by the Bay Area Public Television Association. Day was interested and about a week later, he became the founding director of KQED, San Francisco, the nation's sixth public television station.

Day served as the president and general manager of KQED from 1953 until 1969. Under his leadership, KQED won a worldwide reputation for its imaginative and bold programming and for its innovative fund raising. KQED set a new precedence for nightly news with its program Newsroom.

For fourteen years, Day hosted his own weekly program, Kaleidoscope, on which he interviewed many notable people including Eleanor Roosevelt, Robert Kennedy, Buster Keaton, Aldous Huxley, and Alexander Kerensky. Additionally, he conducted extended interviews with Eric Hoffer and Arnold Toynbee.

In 1969, Day left KQED to become president of National Educational Television (NET), then the national network of educational television with headquarters in New York City. When NET merged with New York's public television channel, WNDT, in 1970 to become WNET/Channel 13, Day became the president of the merged organizations. His name is closely associated with some of the NET programming of that period, including The Great American Dream Machine, An American Family, Banks and the Poor, and VD Blues.

In 1973, Day resigned as president of WNET due to his dissatisfaction with public television and the growing importance of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). He founded his own production company, Publivision, Inc., which produced and syndicated to public stations all over the world a night interview program, Day At Night. The series of 130 half-hour shows brought Day together with many leaders in the arts, sciences, literature, sports, entertainment, and public service, such as Ray Bradbury, Aaron Copland, Alger Hiss, Muhammad Ali, Jason Robards, and Ralph Ellison.

Day's service with public television continued even after he had left for the private sector. He served three years on the original board of PBS and fourteen years on the original board of the Children's Television Workshop. He was one of the founders of the International Public Television Screening conference, chairman of the board of The Press and the Public Project, and president of Timely Productions.

In 1995, Day published the book, The Vanishing Vision: The Inside Story of Public Television, which outlines the history of public television from the early 1950s, through the turbulent sixties and seventies, to the modern problems that face the field in the 1990s.

Starting in 1976, Day served as Professor Emeritus at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in television and radio. He also continued to serve as president of Publivision, Inc., and as a consultant for various projects, which have in the past included trips to Africa, Asia and South America. From 2000 to 2008, Day was an advisor to CUNY-TV, the City University of New York's television station.

James Day died on April 24, 2008.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The James Day Papers cover the years 1953 to 1996 and contain some undated material. The bulk of the materials date from 1969 to 1992. The collection documents Day's career at KQED, NET, WNET, and as an independent consultant in the field of public television. A great deal of the collection consists of Day's research for his 1995 history of public television, The Vanishing Vision: The Inside Story of Public Television. Types of materials include correspondence, memoranda, notes, newspaper and magazine clippings, published reports, program guides, press materials, transcripts, photographs, videotapes, and audiotapes.

Custodial History and Acquisition Information

The James Day Papers were donated to the National Public Broadcasting Archives, University of Maryland Libraries by James Day in four installments in August of 1990, October of 1996, September of 1998 and May of 1999.

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series 1: Public Television, 1953-1995 and undated (4.75 linear feet)

This series documents James Day's research on public television. It is divided into eight subseries.

Subseries 1.1: General, 1963-1994, undated (0.50 linear feet)

This subseries concerns public television in a non-specific manner. Documents contained include reports and periodicals. Topics include: audiences, business affairs, leadership, and the overall feasibility of public television. The documents are arranged chronologically.

Description

Series

Box / Reel

Folder / Frame

Schramm, Wilbur and Jack Lyle. The People Look at Educational Television: A Report on and from the Audiences of Eight Representative TV Stations, 1963

series 1.1

box 1

folder 1

Kettering Conference on Public Television Programming, June 25-28, 1969

series 1.1

box 1

folder 2

The Calderwood Report: A Study of Public Broadcasting's External Business Affairs, 1971

series 1.1

box 1

folder 3

The Calderwood Report: A Study of Public Broadcasting's External Business Affairs, 1971

series 1.1

box 1

folder 4

Powledge, Fred (ACLU). Public Television: A Question of Survival., February 1972

The Boston Consulting Group. Strategies for Public Television in a Multi-Channel Environment., 1991

series 1.1

box 1

folder 10

The Hartford Gunn Institute. An Agenda for Developing Public Broadcasting's Second Generation: A Strategy for Leadership., August 1994

series 1.1

box 1

folder 11

Miscellaneous Articles, undated

series 1.1

box 1

folder 12

Subseries 1.2: Biographical Profiles, 1966-1995 (0.75 linear feet)

This subseries contains clippings, correspondence and memos to, from, and about people who played pivotal roles in public broadcasting. Some of these people include: Ward Chamberlin, Fred Friendly, Hartford N. Gunn, John Jay Iselin, Henry Loomis, Bill Moyers, and Ralph Rogers. The subseries is arranged alphabetically by person.

Description

Series

Box / Reel

Folder / Frame

Chloe Aaron, 1978

series 1.2

box 2

folder 1

Ken Burns, 1985-1994, undated

series 1.2

box 2

folder 2

Ward Chamberlin, 1970-1972

series 1.2

box 2

folder 3

Ward Chamberlin, 1970-1972

series 1.2

box 2

folder 4

Tom Curtis, 1972-1973

series 1.2

box 2

folder 5

James Day, 1973-1994, undated

series 1.2

box 2

folder 6

Ervin Duggan, 1994-1995

series 1.2

box 2

folder 7

Fred W. Friendly, 1967-1992

series 1.2

box 2

folder 8

Lawrence Grossman, 1973-1984

series 1.2

box 2

folder 9

Hartford N. Gunn, 1966-

series 1.2

box 2

folder 10

Frieda Hennock, 1994

series 1.2

box 2

folder 11

Ethan Allan Hitchcock, 1970-1981

series 1.2

box 2

folder 12

John Jay Iselin, 1972-1986

series 1.2

box 2

folder 13

Jennifer Lawson, 1990-1995

series 1.2

box 3

folder 1

Henry Loomis, 1972-1978

series 1.2

box 3

folder 2

Henry Loomis, 1972-1978

series 1.2

box 3

folder 3

Robert MacNeil, 1973-1995

series 1.2

box 3

folder 4

John W. Macy, Jr., 1970-1972

series 1.2

box 3

folder 5

John W. Macy, Jr., 1970-1972

series 1.2

box 3

folder 6

Richard Moore, 1970-1973, undated

series 1.2

box 3

folder 7

Bill Moyers, 1971-1995

series 1.2

box 3

folder 8

Marlon Riggs, 1994

series 1.2

box 3

folder 9

Ralph Rogers, 1972-1978, undated

series 1.2

box 3

folder 10

Horace P. Rowley III, 1972-1973

series 1.2

box 3

folder 11

John F. White, 1958-1971

series 1.2

box 3

folder 12

Fred Wiseman, 1975-1994

series 1.2

box 3

folder 13

Subseries 1.3: Events, 1969-1978 (10 folders)

This subseries covers events that took place in the history of public broadcasting, particularly between 1969 and 1978. Materials include reports, clippings, memos and correspondence. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

Whitehead, Clay T. Local Autonomy and the Fourth Network: Striking a Balance., October 1971

series 1.3

box 3

folder 17

White House Attack on Public Affairs, 1972

series 1.3

box 4

folder 1

Lehrer, Jim. Public Affairs Programming: New Directions., October 1972

series 1.3

box 4

folder 2

Coverage of the Apollo 17 Moonwalk, 1972

series 1.3

box 4

folder 3

Patrick Buchanan Appears on "The Dick Cavett Show", 1973

series 1.3

box 4

folder 4

Public Television Coverage of the Watergate Hearings, 1974

series 1.3

box 4

folder 5

1978 Rewrite of the Communications Act of 1934, 1978

series 1.3

box 4

folder 6

Subseries 1.4: Funding, 1957-1994 (0.75 linear feet)

This subseries is divided into two categories: long range and federal funding. Long range funding covers public television's attempts to raise money outside of the funds allotted to them by the federal government. Such actions involved auctions, public subscription, underwriting, and pledge drives. Materials include memos, correspondence, press releases, and clippings. Federal funding covers the relationship between the U.S. government and public broadcasting. The category focuses on public broadcasting's attempts to maintain federal funding during the early 1970's, despite President Nixon's disapproval. Documents include government papers, memos, reports and clippings. The materials in both categories are arranged chronologically.

Subseries 1.5: Independents, 1976-1995, undated (7 folders)

This subseries deals with programming created independent to public broadcasting and network television and their formation of a new service: the Independent Television Service (ITVS). Materials include clippings, memos, and correspondence, arranged alphabetically by category.

National Citizens Committee for Educational Television (NCCET) -- Newsletter "Educational Television News", 1953-1954

series 1.7

box 6

folder 15

National Program Council, 1970-1972

series 1.7

box 7

folder 1

National Public Affairs Center for Television -- Correspondence, 1971-1973, undated

series 1.7

box 7

folder 2

National Public Affairs Center for Television -- Clippings, 1971-1976

series 1.7

box 7

folder 3

National Public Affairs Center for Television -- Publicity, 1972

series 1.7

box 7

folder 4

National Public Affairs Center for Television -- Broadcasting House and Senate Proceedings -- Interim Report of the Joint Committee on Congressional Opinions on Congress and Mass Communications with Separate views., October 10, 1974

series 1.7

box 7

folder 5

National Public Affairs Center for Television -- Publicity, 1975

series 1.7

box 7

folder 6

National Public Radio (NPR), 1969-1987

series 1.7

box 7

folder 7

Subseries 1.8: Stations, 1953-1995 (1.50 linear feet)

This subseries focuses on several public television stations that came to be members in PBS. These stations include KQED/San Francisco, WETA/Washington, WLIW/Garden City, and WTTW/Chicago. Materials include clippings, correspondence, brochures, press materials. Of special note are over 10 years of KQED Focus Magazine/Program Guides from the 1950s and 1960s. There is also information on National Association of Public Television Stations (NAPTS). The subseries is arranged alphabetically by call letters, with other information at the end.

Description

Series

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Folder / Frame

General, 1974-1984

series 1.8

box 7

folder 8

KCET/LA, 1977-1983

series 1.8

box 7

folder 9

KQED/San Francisco, 1953-1995

series 1.8

box 7

folder 10

KQED/San Francisco, 1953-1995

series 1.8

box 7

folder 11

KQED Focus Magazine/Program Guides, May-December 1955; 1956-1962

series 1.8

box 8

folder 1

KQED Focus Magazine/Program Guides, May-December 1955; 1956-1962

series 1.8

box 8

folder 2

KQED Focus Magazine/Program Guides, May-December 1955; 1956-1962

series 1.8

box 8

folder 3

KQED Focus Magazine/Program Guides, May-December 1955; 1956-1962

series 1.8

box 8

folder 4

KQED Focus Magazine/Program Guides, May-December 1955; 1956-1962

series 1.8

box 8

folder 5

KQED Focus Magazine/Program Guides, May-December 1955; 1956-1962

series 1.8

box 8

folder 6

KQED Focus Magazine/Program Guides, May-December 1955; 1956-1962

series 1.8

box 8

folder 7

KQED Focus Magazine/Program Guides, May-December 1955; 1956-1962

series 1.8

box 8

folder 8

KQED Focus Magazine/Program Guides, 1963-1966; 1968

series 1.8

box 9

folder 1

KQED Focus Magazine/Program Guides, 1963-1966; 1968

series 1.8

box 9

folder 2

KQED Focus Magazine/Program Guides, 1963-1966; 1968

series 1.8

box 9

folder 3

KQED Focus Magazine/Program Guides, 1963-1966; 1968

series 1.8

box 9

folder 4

KQED Focus Magazine/Program Guides, 1963-1966; 1968

series 1.8

box 9

folder 5

KTCA/St. Paul, 1961-1976

series 1.8

box 10

folder 1

WETA/Washington, 1970-1981

series 1.8

box 10

folder 2

WGBH/Boston, 1975-1992

series 1.8

box 10

folder 3

WHYY/Philadelphia, 1977-1983

series 1.8

box 10

folder 4

WLIW/Garden City, 1979-1991

series 1.8

box 10

folder 5

WNYC/New York, 1973-1995

series 1.8

box 10

folder 6

WQED/Pittsburgh, 1968-1994

series 1.8

box 10

folder 7

WTTW/Chicago, 1970-1986

series 1.8

box 10

folder 8

New Jersey NET, 1978-1985

series 1.8

box 10

folder 9

Regional Nets, 1976-1980

series 1.8

box 10

folder 10

NAPTS (National Association of Public Television Stations), 1980-1984

series 1.8

box 10

folder 11

Series 2: National Educational Television (NET)/WNET, 1960-1987 and undated (2.50 linear feet)

This series documents the history of NET from 1963 to its merger with WNDT/Channel 13 in 1970 to form WNET, and the history of the merged WNET/Channel 13 into the 1990s.

This subseries covers the history of NET from the early 1960s to the merger in 1970. Topics covered include: personnel, meetings of affiliates committees, a possible merger with WETA in Washington, and progress reports. Materials include Donald Neal Wood's thesis The First Decade of the Fourth Network, annual reports, correspondence, memos, clippings, and photographs. The subseries is arranged by categories and then chronologically by category.

Description

Series

Box / Reel

Folder / Frame

Wood, Donald Neal. The First Decade of the "Fourth Network" An Historical, Descriptive Analysis of the National Educational Television and Radio Center, 1963

series 2.1

box 10

folder 12

NET Personnel - Biographies, undated

series 2.1

box 11

folder 1

NET Reports, 1964-1967

series 2.1

box 11

folder 2

NET Reports, 1964-1967

series 2.1

box 11

folder 3

NET Reports, 1964-1967

series 2.1

box 11

folder 4

NET Reports, 1964-1967

series 2.1

box 11

folder 5

NET Reports, 1968-1969

series 2.1

box 12

folder 1

NET Reports, 1968-1969

series 2.1

box 12

folder 2

NET Reports, January-June 1970

series 2.1

box 12

folder 3

NET Reports, July 1970-June 1971

series 2.1

box 12

folder 4

NET Reports, July 1971-June 1972

series 2.1

box 12

folder 5

NET Reports, July 1972-June 1973

series 2.1

box 12

folder 6

NET Reports, July 1973-June 1974

series 2.1

box 12

folder 7

NET Correspondence, 1963-1966

series 2.1

box 12

folder 8

NET Correspondence, 1969-1970

series 2.1

box 12

folder 9

NET Affiliates Committees -- Correspondence, 1963-1970

series 2.1

box 13

folder 1

NET Affiliates Committees -- Correspondence, 1963-1970

series 2.1

box 13

folder 2

NET Affiliates Committees -- Clippings, 1960-1972

series 2.1

box 13

folder 3

NET Affiliates Committees -- Photos, 1960-1972

series 2.1

box 13

folder 4

NET. A Progress Report, 1967-1968

series 2.1

box 13

folder 5

NET/WETA Merger Proposal, 1967-1969

series 2.1

box 13

folder 6

NET Proposal for Interconnection Management, July 24, 1969

series 2.1

box 13

folder 7

The Network Project -- Brochure: "The Fourth Network", 1971

series 2.1

box 13

folder 8

NET Archives, 1973

series 2.1

box 13

folder 9

Subseries 2.2: WNET, 1961-1987, undated (0.50 linear feet)

This subseries covers the merger of NET with WNDT/Channel 13 and the following history of WNET/Channel 13. Topics covered are budgets, the television lab, financial crises, and the 1973 resignation of president James Day. Materials include correspondence, memos, clippings, timelines, and reports and are arranged chronologically.

Description

Series

Box / Reel

Folder / Frame

WNET-NET Merger, 1970-1972

series 2.2

box 13

folder 10

WNET-NET Merger, 1970-1972

series 2.2

box 13

folder 11

WNET History, undated

series 2.2

box 13

folder 12

Channel 13 Timeline, 1961-1987

series 2.2

box 14

folder 1

Channel 13 Timeline, 1961-1987

series 2.2

box 14

folder 2

Channel 13 Timeline, 1961-1987

series 2.2

box 14

folder 3

Staff Memoranda, 1970-1972

series 2.2

box 14

folder 4

WNET/13 Board Book, 1971-1972

series 2.2

box 14

folder 5

WNET/13 Board Book, 1971-1972

series 2.2

box 14

folder 6

WNET/13 Board Book, 1971-1972

series 2.2

box 14

folder 7

Educational Broadcasting Corporation Budgets, 1972-1973

series 2.2

box 14

folder 8

WNET/13 Television Lab, 1970-1982

series 2.2

box 15

folder 1

James Day Resignation, 1973

series 2.2

box 15

folder 2

Articles about Dial Magazine, 1980-1983

series 2.2

box 15

folder 3

Financial Crisis, 1982-1984

series 2.2

box 15

folder 4

"Project 90" The Future of WNET, undated

series 2.2

box 15

folder 5

Series 3: Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), 1967-1992 and undated (2.50 linear feet)

The CPB/PBS Agreement deals with relations between the two organizations, focusing on the 1973 agreement between the two. However, information on CPB reorganization in 1979 and another joint action in 1992 are also present. Materials include correspondence, memos, reports, meeting minutes, and a poem about the great decision facing both organizations. The series is arranged chronologically.

This subseries covers the history of PBS from its formation in 1968 to the 1990s. Part of the subseries focuses on PBS's attempts to become the national public broadcasting distributor and its early relationships with the stations, as seen in the 1972 Station Program Cooperative. Another pivotal time covered is transitions in 1978, with efforts for long range planning. Materials include
reports, correspondence, memos, clippings, meeting minutes, and interview transcripts. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

This subseries deals with the productions of NET during the 1960s and 1970s until the merger with WNDT in 1970. It contains the 1970-1971 NET Prospectus and program evaluations from 1971 and 1972. The rest of the series deals with specific programs, such as An American Family, The Banks and the Poor, The Great American Dream Machine, and VD Blues. Materials include reports, correspondence, memos, clippings, press materials, and transcripts. Most files are arranged alphabetically by program title.

Description

Series

Box / Reel

Folder / Frame

General, 1964-1972, undated

series 4.2

box 20

folder 16

NET Prospectus, 1970-1971

series 4.2

box 20

folder 17

Program Evaluations, 1971-1972

series 4.2

box 20

folder 18

Program Evaluations, 1971-1972

series 4.2

box 20

folder 19

"An Age of Kings", 1961

series 4.2

box 20

folder 20

An American Family, June 1971-January 1973

series 4.2

box 21

folder 1

An American Family, February 1973

series 4.2

box 21

folder 2

An American Family, March-December 1973

series 4.2

box 21

folder 3

An American Family, 1974-1980

series 4.2

box 21

folder 4

At Issue, 1966

series 4.2

box 21

folder 5

Banks and the Poor -- Clippings, 1970

series 4.2

box 21

folder 6

Banks and the Poor -- Correspondence -- Key Documents, 1970

series 4.2

box 21

folder 7

Banks and the Poor -- Correspondence -- Critical Mail, 1970

series 4.2

box 21

folder 8

Banks and the Poor -- Correspondence -- Favorable Mail, 1970

series 4.2

box 21

folder 9

Banks and the Poor -- Correspondence -- Station Reaction, 1970

series 4.2

box 21

folder 10

Banks and the Poor -- Correspondence -- Bankers' Reaction, 1970

series 4.2

box 21

folder 11

Banks and the Poor -- Correspondence -- WOSU-ACLU Controversy, 1970

series 4.2

box 21

folder 12

Black Journal, 1968-1974

series 4.2

box 21

folder 13

Dick Gregory Is Alive and Well, 1970

series 4.2

box 22

folder 1

Fidel, 1969-1970

series 4.2

box 22

folder 2

The Forsyte Saga, 1970

series 4.2

box 22

folder 3

The Great American Dream Machine -- Season 1, 1970-1971

series 4.2

box 22

folder 4

The Great American Dream Machine -- Season 2, 1971-1972

series 4.2

box 22

folder 5

The Great American Dream Machine -- Paul Jacobs' FBI Story -- Correspondence and Transcripts, 1971

series 4.2

box 22

folder 6

The Great American Dream Machine -- Paul Jacobs' FBI Story -- Clippings, 1971

Subseries 4.3: WNET Local Programming, 1962-1983 (1.00 linear feet)

This subseries concerns local programming produced by WNET/Channel 13 after the merger of WNDT with NET in 1970. In addition to program information, it contains Image Magazine (the WNET program guide), and records of bias complaints from viewers and the station's response. Some specific programs featured in this subseries are: The 51st State, The Adams Chronicles, and Non-Fiction Television. Of special note is a videotape of and information about an unaired satire of the Nixon presidency called, The Politics--and Comedy of Woody Allen, and a record of Channel 13's first broadcast in September of 1962 with a speech by Edward R. Murrow. Materials include correspondence, memos, press materials, and clippings and are arranged alphabetically by program title.

Description

Series

Box / Reel

Folder / Frame

Image Magazine (WNET/13 Program Guide), November 1971-March 1973

series 4.3

box 23

folder 14

General Programming, 1970-1973

series 4.3

box 24

folder 1

General Programming, 1974-1979

series 4.3

box 24

folder 2

General Programming, 1980s

series 4.3

box 24

folder 3

Local Shows, with a record of Channel 13's First Broadcast with Edward R. Murrow, September 16, 1962, 1970-1972

This subseries covers the programs distributed by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) after 1970. Some programs featured are public broadcasting's coverage of the 1972 and 1992 elections, American Playhouse, The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, and A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers. The materials include clippings, correspondence, memos, transcripts, press materials, and photographs and are arranged alphabetically by program title.

Description

Series

Box / Reel

Folder / Frame

1972 Election Year -- Correspondence on the Role of Public Broadcasting, 1972

A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers -- Press Materials, 1984

series 4.4

box 27

folder 11

A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers -- Photos, 1984

series 4.4

box 27

folder 12

Wall $treet Week, 1983-1990

series 4.4

box 27

folder 13

Subseries 4.5: Controversy, 1965-1995 (0.25 linear feet)

This subseries is devoted to public television productions that aroused criticism and controversy due to their content. The issues ranged from nudity to profanity to historical accuracy to coverage of volatile issues. Some programs were Days of Rage, Death of a Princess, Non-Fiction Television, and Plutonium: An Element of Risk. Materials include clippings, reports, correspondence, memos, and photographs and are arranged alphabetically by program title.

Description

Series

Box / Reel

Folder / Frame

General, 1965-1974

series 4.5

box 27

folder 14

Blacks Britannica, 1978

series 4.5

box 27

folder 15

California Reich, 1978-1979

series 4.5

box 27

folder 16

Days of Rage, 1989

series 4.5

box 27

folder 17

Death of a Princess, 1980-1985

series 4.5

box 27

folder 18

Edge, 1992

series 4.5

box 27

folder 19

Flashpoint: Israel and the Palestinians, 1986

series 4.5

box 27

folder 20

Inside the FBI, 1995

series 4.5

box 27

folder 21

The Lawmakers, 1984

series 4.5

box 27

folder 22

The Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War Two, 1993

series 4.5

box 27

folder 23

Non-Fiction Television, 1981-1986

series 4.5

box 27

folder 24

Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang, 1979

series 4.5

box 27

folder 25

Plutonium: An Element of Risk -- Clippings, 1977-1979

series 4.5

box 27

folder 26

Plutonium: An Element of Risk -- Keller, Edward Bruce. "Plutonium: An Element of Risk": A Case Study of Decision-Making in Public Broadcasting., 1979

This subseries covers programs created for children viewers. Titles include Barney and Friends, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, Sesame Street, and Wonderworks. Materials found in this subseries are reports, press materials, teacher's guides, memos, correspondence, clippings, and photographs. The subseries is arranged alphabetically by program title.

Description

Series

Box / Reel

Folder / Frame

General, 1977-1992

series 4.6

box 28

folder 5

Barney and Friends, 1993-1994

series 4.6

box 28

folder 6

The Electric Company: an Introduction, 1971

series 4.6

box 28

folder 7

Lamb Chop's Play Along, 1992

series 4.6

box 28

folder 8

Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, undated

series 4.6

box 28

folder 9

Puzzleworks, 1994

series 4.6

box 28

folder 10

Sesame Street, 1979-1996

series 4.6

box 28

folder 11

Sesame Street, 1969-1989

series 4.6

box 28

folder 12

Shining Time Station, 1993

series 4.6

box 28

folder 13

Wonderworks, 1984, undated

series 4.6

box 28

folder 14

Subseries 4.7: Standards, 1964-1987 and undated (7 folders)

This subseries deals with the programming standards required by public broadcasting by the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. These standards include fairness, objectivity and editorializing. The category also covers standards used by systems outside of public broadcasting. Materials include clippings, reports, brochures, correspondence and memos, and are arranged alphabetically by
category.

This subseries features James Day's career as an interviewer with his show Day at Night, produced by his company, Publivision, Inc. Over a two year span in the 1970s, he interviewed over 150 people. This series contains transcripts, audiotapes, and videotapes of some episodes of Day at Night. The materials are separated into categories and then arranged alphabetically by the name of the person interviewed.

This subseries features James Day's fourteen year career at KQED as host of an interview show called Kaleidoscope. This series contains transcripts of interviews with Eleanor Roosevelt and Robert F. Kennedy, with an audio cassette with the Roosevelt interview and one installment of Day's interviews with Eric Hoffer.

Series 5: Research for The Vanishing Vision, 1952-1993, and undated (5.50 linear feet)

This series documents James Day's research for his 1995 book The Vanishing
Vision: The Inside Story of Public Television. Materials include clippings,
correspondence, memos, transcripts, copies of books, and reports. Some of this material
may be repeated from previous series. The material has been arranged in exactly the way
Day placed his research into labeled and numbered volumes.

Description

Series

Box / Reel

Folder / Frame

Volume 1 -- Early History of Public Television, 1966-1990, and undated

series 5

box 29

folder 39

Volume 1 -- Critics of Public Television, 1970-1995, and undated

series 5

box 30

folder 1

Volume 1 -- Critics of Public Television, 1969-1993, and undated

series 5

box 30

folder 2

Volume 2: The Mission of Public Television, 1968-1985, and undated

series 5

box 30

folder 3

Volume 2: The Mission of Public Television, 1972-1984, and undated

series 5

box 30

folder 4

Volume 2: The Mission of Public Television, 1959-1989, and undated

series 5

box 30

folder 5

Volume 3: Public Television's Mission from a British Perspective, 1960-1978, and undated

series 5

box 30

folder 6

Volume 3: Public Television's Mission from a British Perspective, 1963-1993, and undated

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Separated Material

Videotapes and audiotapes have been separated from the rest of the collection.

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